The Windows 8 upgrade setup says that Visual Studio 2010 would not be compatible, but that there is a solution available.
What does 'not compatible' mean in this case? I had VS 2010 running in the preview version just fine.
What will be the consequences of the upgrade?

It's not clear from the question that you already have Visual Studio 2010 installed and are upgrading to Windows 8. Everything I've found indicates that VS2010 will install happily so it's not obvious what your problem is.
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ChrisFOct 29 '12 at 8:58

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@ChrisF for everyone who tried the upgrade setup, it is clear what I mean. I have VS2010 installed and the upgrade setup say that it is incompatible but a solution is available, but does not point out what the solution is.
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Michael KOct 29 '12 at 9:14

I need the pro versions of VS 2005-2012 on my development machine. Also, this does not answer what will happen through the upgrade.
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Michael KOct 26 '12 at 9:30

Oh Right. How about uninstalling it before upgrade so that the checker passes. Then reinstall after upgrade. Pro, Enterprise.. they will all isntall.
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ppumkinOct 26 '12 at 9:31

Despite that it would be a lot of work to reinstall it (I use a lot of addons and customization), just out of curiosity I would like to know what will happen.
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Michael KOct 26 '12 at 9:34

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Did you try and upgrade? If the upgrade moans about it then you will need to uninstall it. Sorry - I know the feeling. Otherwise install a VM if you just want to try it. Make an image of you HDD incase you want to go back before upograde. Either way upgrade always = more work :(
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ppumkinOct 26 '12 at 9:36

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@snowdude - You can't expect us to test it for you. You are not even the author of this question. You need to try it, and report the results, that is the only way I know how to solve this yourself.
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RamhoundOct 26 '12 at 13:34

Does not solve the problem of upgrading Windows 7 to Windows 8
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ppumkinOct 29 '12 at 17:25

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I was answering the question posed, ie "What does 'not compatible' mean in this case?"
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snowdudeOct 29 '12 at 17:35

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That fixes some test case problems. Even after the patch is applied it is still not compatible for upgrade.. And it only addresses VS2010 that was installed on Windows 8 -- not upgraded from Windows 7 to 8
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ppumkinOct 29 '12 at 18:01